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A Letter from MCL’s President

Dear Friends,

I am pleased to share with you Marin Conservation League’s 2006 Annual Report.

As we have done in past Annual Reports you will find a monthly summary of MCL’s environmental activities during the year. These are detailed in our Action Calendar on pages 4 and 5. During the year, among other things, we tackled a number of major Marin issues. They include the Loch Lomond Marina Development Project, protection of the Tomales Dunes at Lawson’s Landing, the Sonoma-Marin Rail Transit Project (SMART) issue, and the proposed expansion of the Redwood Landfill project. In addition, we spent considerable time reviewing the Environmental Impact Report for the revised Countywide Plan as well as preparing to comment on its policies and programs. In this connection, it is important to report to you that all our various environmental advocacy efforts are accomplished entirely by volunteer members and your Board of Directors. Without their involvement and dedication MCL would not be able to be your voice in the county.

2007 will be another important and active year for the Marin Conservation League. You may count on our continued advocacy to protect and preserve the natural assets of Marin.

At this time I want to thank all our members and donors for the continued support that you provide to us, without which we could not maintain our advocacy efforts on behalf of Marin’s environment and quality of life. It is because of your commitment to us that the Marin Conservation League remains one of the leading environmental and conservation organizations in Marin County.

Sincerely,

Roger Roberts President 3 STATEMENT OF ACTIVITIES January 1 to December 31, 2006 (Prepared from MCL Records)

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MCL's work on environmental issues in Marin, which includes reviewing numerous planning documents and environmental reports, producing informational publications, and advocating for policies that protect Marin's environment, are done by dozens of MCL volunteers, none of whom are paid.

We calculate that in 2006 more than 3,500 hours of volunteer time was donated to MCL to do this crucial environmental work. Although the value of this work is not reflected in MCL’s financial report, it repre- sents a significant contribution to MCL with a value of more than $71,000 based on official Independent Sector accounting standards.

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MCL Credo

Work to preserve and protect the natural resource values and assets of Marin, and to focus our action on issues of countywide signifi- Painting by Teresa Dong cance or issues which may prove to be precedent-setting. We place particular emphasis on those issues having important land use implications or impacts on Marin’s environment and quality of life. We look for effective solutions through our own advocacy efforts as well as through working in close collaboration with other organizations to address major environmental challenges and concerns in Marin. 4 Marin Conservation League 2006 Action Calendar

JANUARY • Presented the MCL Business • Hosted Business Breakfast with Breakfast featuring Sharon State Assemblyman Joe Nation. McNamee, new director of Marin County Parks and Open Space. • Reviewed and responded to Draft Environmental Impact Review for Launched “Lands In Between” the Sonoma Marin Area Rail • Transit proposal. campaign to help local community groups protect valuable parcels of FEBRUARY open land that are threatened by Painting by Tom Wood development and would best serve • Presented luncheon featuring MARCH as wild life habitat, parkland recre- former Secretary of the Interior ational areas or inter-community Bruce Babbitt. • Achieved significant progress on greenbelts. • Gained enforcement of the Clean the program to reduce and remove Water Act and then suspended legal invasive species from the Gold Hill action against Sanitary District Open Space on the San Pedro Ridge Number One. Consent decree was and on a grant to design and install approved, thus helping to protect interpretive signage in Starkweather Marin’s public waters from Shoreline Park. untreated waste discharged into the • Conducted on-site review of local ground water. wetlands, habitat and other biologic assets at the proposed Loch Lomond Painting by Chris Adessa marina project. • Opposed destruction of 168 native oak trees at the Tiburon Glen Estates subdivision. • Supported the Eco- Painting by Sherrill Miller system Restoration program. MAY

APRIL • Began work with the Marin • Supported return of County Open Space District to wilderness conditions in 2012. Community Advisory Committee. • Urged preparation of an Environmental Impact Report • Awarded Dr. Edgar Wayburn the • Helped fund a study by the San (EIR) for the massive Sports Peter Behr Lifetime Achievement Francisco Estuary Institute Study Complex proposed near San Rafael Award at the MCL Annual Dinner. to determine historic wildlife use of Airport, citing problems with loss Supported Mill Valley Steps, Lanes baylands habitats, especially as it of habitat, endangered species and • and Trails program. relates to the area of the proposed levee safety. Baylands Corridor, which includes • Continued work on the San the St. Vincent’s and Silveira Rafael Rock Quarry Reclamation Images of Marin’s scenic open properties. Plan to reduce impacts on the local spaces on these pages were community now and on the city of painted by members of Baywood • Urged County to develop overall San Rafael in the long run when the Artists. Contact information guidelines for wind turbine systems, for each artist can be obtained quarry is closed and the site at www.baywoodartists.com or rather than evaluating individual redeveloped. by calling the MCL office. systems on an ad hoc basis. Marin Conservation League 2006 Action Calendar 5 JUNE AUGUST • Worked to protect Lawson’s • Opposed Proposition 90, which Landing, a vital dune area and its sought to undermine land use associated wetlands, from excessive planning and devastate environmental recreational development, support- protection measures throughout ing the Coastal Commission require- . ment that the owner seek a permit for current and proposed uses. • Hosted luncheon featuring Senator Barbara Boxer. • Supported affordable housing Painting by tom wood over commercial development at • Participated in Annual Car Battery Hamilton Field. Round-Up that recycled almost 9000 OCTOBER car, truck and boat batteries. •Conducted “Coastal Clean Up” • Met with Marin County Supervi- sors on solid waste, composting, • Supported Housing and Emergency with Marin Conservation Corps. Community Choice Aggregation and Shelter Trust Fund Act and Global • Began investigation of the pro- other issues. Warming Solutions Act. posed Gnoss Field runway expan- • Supported the sion, including loss of wetlands, Wildlife Refuge Complex restoration increased size of planes, longer hours JULY of the East and Islands to of service, and night lighting. Supported grant for safety • Advocated reduction of potential their natural state. • improvements at the popular danger to creek and tidal wetlands Painting by tom wood Inkwells salmon spawning/viewing near Redwood Landfill, urging area. adoption of a smaller mitigated alternative. NOVEMBER • Partnered with Book Passage to • Urged the Flood Control District present former Vice President Al and Open Space District to remove Gore and his lecture on his recent pampas grass threatening Deer book, An Inconvenient Truth. Island. • Opposed the proposed SMART • Opposed conversion of wetlands project’s Measure R sales tax at Strawberry Point School on the initiative on the basis that it was Tiburon peninsula to playfield use. not a cost-effecive solution to • Fought encroachment on regional traffic and congestion SEPTEMBER Tamalpais Creek in Kentfield to problems. • Supported grant to restore Smith protect steel-head trout and Ranch pond, a 3-acre fresh water possibly salmon habitat. Painting by chris adessa pond in San Rafael. DECEMBER • Supported California Assembly Bill 1953, introduced by assembly • Continued to seek revision of the Member Jared Huffman, to reduce Countywide Plan, to reduce exces- lead content in plumbing fixtures. sive commercial development and encourage greenhouse gas reduction, • Provided scoping comments for green building, zero waste manage- preparation of the EIR for San Rafael ment, invasive species control, Airport Sports Complex. effective watershed management • Hosted “Picnic on the Porch” for policies and the establishment of a members at the MCL office. countywide planning agency. 6 Thank You for Supporting MCL in 2006

Business Members Gifts of $1000 to $4999 Gifts of $250 to $499 Juanita Brown Ava Jean Brumbaum AIB Business Consulting, Inc. Arthur and Debra Ablin Janet and Bruce Allen Michael and Priscilla Bull Alice Waters-Chez Panisse Restaurant Arntz Family Foundation Janice Barry Robert and Linda Bundy and Café Lee and Jean Berensmeier Theodore Bayer Catherine Burford Kimberly Burke Aramark Leisure Services Carson Cox and Deborah Haase Robert and Loraine Berry Daniel and Betsy Bikle Helen Kennedy Cahill Bank of Marin David and Vicki Cox Peter Billington William C. Callender Bartlett Tree Experts Kenneth Drexler and Sarah Leach Robert and Xenry Blitzer Brown Cannon Bellam Self Storage and Boxes Barbara Eastman Joyce Britt Marjorie Carruthers Bunker & Company Dixon and Barbara Farley Tymber and Derek Cavasian Charles Brousse and Phoebe Moyer David and Claudia Chittenden California Native Plants Society Bruce Fullerton and Antonina Stuart and Jean Brown Jamie and Linda Clever of Marin Markoff Hal Brown Howard and Jeanne Cohn Environmental Education Council Peter E. and Joanne Haas, Jr. Elsie R. Carr Daniel and Susan Daniloff of Marin Rick and Kathy Lowrey Robert and Kathy Cuneo Peter Davis Frank Howard Allen Realtors Stanley and Georgene Pasarell Richard and Liz Dakin David Dee and Patricia Callahan Columba and Carol Duffy Friends of the Eel River Roger and Dorothy Roberts Nancy Danielson Don Dickenson Gordon and Joanne Dunn Galaxy Granola, LLC Bruce Scott and Trudie Behr Scott Timothy and Melissa Draper Margery Entwisle David Fain Gardeners' Guild Greg Shatkin Pamela Edwardson Good Earth Natural Foods Lawrence and Grace Smith Gerald and Leona Feickert Evan and Joan Evans George Fernbacher Growing Image Landscape Jean Starkweather Charles Fischer Teresa Ferrari and Jeffrey Saarman iReuse, LLC Ellis and Ann Stephens Gary Giacomini Barry Flicker Law Offices of Paul M. Minault Rex Wolf Daphne Greene Heidi Flori League of Women Voters of Marin Richard and Sallie Griffith Christopher and Allison Fragakis Linda J. Novy and Associates Jommer Gryler John Franklin and Nora Contini Gifts of $500 to $999 Michael Freeman Marin County Farmers Market Jana Haehl Jerry and Celeste Binnings Warren Halperin and T. Laura David and Esther Frey Marin Fence Company Brock and Alison Fuller John and Nona Dennis Comyns Marin Garden Club Fred and Annette Gellert David and Erin Elliott Alfred Heller Marin Sanitary Services Raymond and Marybeth Gilliam Inger Fair Eugene and Joan Jacks Kay Gillis Markoff/Fullerton Architects Craig and Dianne Fruin Colleen Johnson John and Elisabeth Gleason Outdoor Art Club Sandra Glading Richard and Karen Lefurgy Carol Gold Pacific Union Real Estate Group Benjamin Hovermale Richard and Catherine MacDonald Lawrence Goldberg Pax Scientific, Inc. William Hudson Allan and Eleanor Martini Jim and Sharon Grant Perry's Art Supplies and Framing Katherine Johnson Barbara Meislin Randy and David Greenberg Collier Kimball Jane Miller David and Marjorie Guggenhime Quarryhouse, Inc. Paul Gurian and Barbara Simmons Redwood Landfill, Inc. W. James and Pamela Lloyd Dennis and Susan Moritz Alan Hakimi and Rachel Stone Seagate Properties, Inc. Hersh and Susanne Markusfeld Frank and Lois Noonan Ingeborg Hallock Sue and Dale Missimer Edward and Christine O'Neill Serenity Knolls Mark Hamilton Diane Parish Christine Pielenz Michael Hartnett Sierra Club Marin Group Michelle Passero Elizabeth Rigali Totton and Joanne Heffelfinger SPG Solar Alan and Naomi Spiegelman Cynthia J. Rigatti and Brian Ashe Roy Hendrickson Westamerica Bank -San Rafael Jody Thompson Michael Ring and Jackie Bonner Robert and Rebecca Henn Whitecap Insurance Marc Siegler Peter and Judith Sager Harry and Elaine Hicks Willis Lease Finance Corporation Periann Wood and Doug Wilson Robert and Dorene Schiro Frederic Hirschfield Dr. and Mrs. Malcolm Holliday Michael and Susan Schwartz Bettina and David Hughes Painting by Tom Soltesz Richard and Jill Sideman David Hunter Robert and Susan Spofford Mary Jean M. Jawetz Gary Spratling Harry and Margery Johnson Brian and Susan Stompe Stanley Johnson Margaret VanCamp Sara Johnson-Phillips Derek Webb David Jones and Inta Vodopals Anita Wright Brannon Ketcham and Kathleen Abbott Paul and Mary Alice Kirincic Erik Krumrey and Sunny Lee Jack Krystal Gifts of $100 to $249 Andria Langenberg and Lyle Shlager Ann Langston Richard and Connie Adams Kiki LaPorta Ronald Albert Warren Leiden and Tiana Wimmer Thomas Allen Pam Lewis Sarah Allen and Dudley Miller John Liddell Paul Andersen and Leland McCormick Pete and Doris Lindfors Joyce and David Applen Norman and Virginia Livermore Peter Asmus James and Diana Long Walter and Barbara Baum Justin MacNaughton Elizabeth Benedict Robert Matthew William and Meredith Bishop Pete McFarland Joseph and Shirley Bodovitz William Mena Marjorie Bonner Albert Meyer Meryl Brod Edward Middelton Donal and Brenda Brown Alan and Barbara Miller Thank You for Supporting MCL in 2006 7

Richard and Suzanne Mirviss Michael Anguera and Kathy Kathy Gervais Don H. Miller Anne Montgomery O'Sullivan Richard Glanville Rick Misuraca Beverly Mooney Judy Ardzrooni Robin Kohn Glazer and David Glazer Robert Mithun Moore Foundation Louisa Arndt Suzy Golden Virginia Murillo J. Fraser and Helen Muirhead Janet Arrigotti Michael Gothelf Mary Ellen Murphy Alan and Patricia Negrin Karen Arroyo Adelaide Green Tim and Rosella Nardell Robert Newcomer Lynn Augstein Alvin J. Greenberg Robert and Diane Neuhaus Thomas and Patricia Newton Daniel Baker John and Deborah Greenspan David and Solvig Nicholls David Nidorf Benjamin and Eloise Ballard Martin and Joyce Griffin Robert and Kathleen Norwood Mark and Kay Noguchi Donald and Nancy Barbour David and Erin Griffis Norma Novy Julie Nunes Ernestine Barnwell Tom and Sandra Guldman John and Cela O'Connor John and Karen Nygren Marie Bartee Gary and Barbara Haber Edward Oklan and Anne Kuniyuki Clyde and Janet Ostler Timothy Behr Donald and Lillian Hanahan Dennis and Whitney O'Neill Phillip Paisley Amy Belser David and Susan Harnden Walter Oppenheimer James and Colette Parrinello Edward and Mildred Bennett Michael and Barbara Harris James and Nancy Osborn Virginia Patterson Neal Benowitz Kenneth and Shirley Harris Edward and Amy Painvin Kathleen Peters Marshall and Dorothy Bentley Robert and Elizabeth Hart Francis and Diana Parnell Edith and Victor Piltch Gordon and Sheila Berg Richard and Virginia Havel Tom and Kay Peacock Claude and Noelle Poncelet Davida Bergstrom Nancy Helmers Ben and Evelyn Petrini Mary Pottier and Warren Franklin Alan and Ellen Berkowitz Henry Helson Dave and Kathleen Phelps Anthony and Mary Prud'homme Mark and Beverly Birnbaum Ann Heurlin Margaret Pillsbury Pamela Reaves Anthony Blanchard Beverly Heywood Lauren Pollak and Dieter Tremp Denis Rice Edward Bland Mary Hofmann Flora Praszker Douglas Rigg Allan and Sydne Bortel Wade and Sandra Holland Sara Purcell Dennis and Judith Rodoni Barbara and Louis Breger Rachel Hooper and Peter Zingg C. Delos Putz Michael and Sheila Rokeach Richard and Dixie Brown Kare Hornschuch Howard and Judith Raff Timothy Rosenfeld and Jan Hamrin Peter and Judith Brown Patricia Huen and Brady Pyeatt Barbara Rahe Neil Rudolph and Susan Cluft Bryce and Ann Browning David and Harriet Hyams Roger Ranuio Jean-Pierre and Isabella Salzmann Wendy Buchen Allan Jackman Arthur and Elaine Reichert Robert and Shirley Sanderson Henry and Janice Buckingham Matthew and Susan Janin Craig and Madeleine Rethmeyer Susie Schlesinger Eileen Burrous Paul Jensen Alice Rich Steven and Sally Schroeder Beatrice Calderwood James Joaquin Mark and Andrea Riesenfeld Michael and Kimberly Schulist Dan and Karlene Caldwell John Johnson Alfred and Edith Rivasplata William and Anne Schwarzer Anne Campodonico Joyce Johnston Dora Rivers Susan Severin William Carney and Tamra Peters Roy Farrington Jones Marilee Rogers Willis and Marion Slusser John and Joann Cassidy Michael Jones Catherine Rosekrans Lloyd and Margaret Smith Catherine Caufield Clinton Jones and Mary M. Griffin-Jones Daniel Rosen Glenn Smith and Verlinda Rose Leonard Charles and Lynn Milliman Pierre and Maryse Joske Lee Ross Paul and Louise Solari Tom Childers Carolynn Kanas Martin Roth Robert and Jean Soost Ronald Clyman Eric and Shoshana Kashnow Theodore Sachsman Roger and Irene Stewart Richard and Carolyn Cogan John Keefe James and Barbara Schmidt David Strassman Damon and Dawn Connolly Michael Kelly David Schreck Marcella and Mark Stull Edward and Stacey Conti Frank and Jane Ketcham John and Elinor Severinghaus Stephen and Inga Thal Marjorie Cope Roland and Jeanne Kline Leon and Peggy Sharyon John and Joan Thayer Mary Coyne Thomas and Harriet Kostic Leonard and Judie Shaw Samuel and Julia Thoron Charles and Eleanor Crawford Gary Koverman Lori Shearn Esther Torres Jonathan and Christine Cunha Gary Kraght Michel Sherman Richard and Barbara Tracy Joy Dahlgren Charlene Kreps Ina Shlez and Steve Gotlieb Jason and Bibit Traut Jon and Carole d'Alessio Lea Kreutzkampf Marc Siegler Wanden Treanor and Judge Faye D'Opal Starrett and Nancy Dalton Constance Kroeck Eleanor Sluis Steven Vanni Ginette Davis Robert and Mary Kroninger Barry Spitz and Pamela Neill Spitz Jarmila Vrana William and Sarah Devlin Anita Lange Sharon and Daniel Steckline Kenneth and Christina Waldeck Thomas Diettrich Ellis and Harriet Lapin Robert and Julie Stokstad Kathleen Walton Ferenc and Karen Dobronyi Robert Lea and Melinda Booth Doug Stonebreaker Irene Warriner Jean Drake Wolfgang and Alexandra Lederer Dwight and Elaine Straub Robert M. and Maryanne Warwick Edmund Duggan Richard and Betty Leonards Mark and Jacqueline Swoiskin Harold Waterman Cecilia Dyba Warren and Barbara Levinson Paul and Grace Terrell Ralph and Rosalie Webb Jeanne Eber John and Adele Levy Carolyn Timmins David Weckler and Barbara Kalmanson Jim and Lynn Emrich Natalie Lewis Marsha Torkelson Kay Werdegar Robert Erickson Sally Lewis Terry and Inka Traktman Effie Westervelt Peter and Cecile Erickson Robert and Rory Little Barry and Marjorie Traub David and Barbara Whitridge Robert Evans and Joan Carlson Christopher and Kathryn Lloyd Rick Trautner and Tracy Flanagan Robert and Margaret Wiedenmayer Kit Everts Trudie and Frederick London Karen Vale and Ronald Dell Kraemer Winslow Diane Fairchild A-Lea Silas Lovis Robert and Ashley Valentine James Wintersteen Benjamin and Elvia Farnham Merwin and Gail Mace Mary Van Voorhees David Witt and Leslie Reiber Robert Flahive Marjorie Macris Jean Walker Charles and Lynne Worth Ellen Floyd Willa Marten Mary Ann Warren Joel Yanowitz and Amy Metzenbaum Earl and Norma Fogelberg Erwin and Katherine Martinez Art and Jessica Wasserman Lewis Zuelow William and Wilma Follette Robert and Mary Mayer Harry and Ellen Weaver Hope Foote David and Marilyn McConnell David and Idie Weinsoff Sidney Foster Hugh McDevitt Gregory and Marjorie Went Gifts of $50 to $99 Rick and Dee Fraites Joseph and Judith McGrath Don and Gail Wilhelm Genevieve Franceschi Mort and Grace McMichael Lucy Wilson Susan Adams Lewis Fredrickson Sharon McNamee Hilary Winslow Frank and Susan Adamson Thomas and Sally Freed Gerald and Barbara Meral Deirdre Witherow Jane Allen Thomas Gaman Alice Merrill Everett and Jane Witzel Lucille Allison Betty Gandel Bernard and Barbara Meyers Christine Wood Roger and Deborah Alstad David and Elizabeth Ganz James and Joan Mickle Suzanne Zimmerman Steve Alter Susan Gardella Katherine Miller Jack and Mollee Zoken Marin Conservation League Non-Profit 1623A Fifth Avenue Organization San Rafael CA 94901 U.S. POSTAGE PAID (415) 485-6257 Permit NO. 151 www.marinconservationleague.org San Rafael CA Painting by Zenaida Mott

Marin Conservation League 2006 Annual Report

MCOSD Preserves & County Parks A Legacy of State Parks National Parks Conservation Watersheds/Other

MCL played a major role in preserving and protecting Olompali many of Marin’s most State Historic stunning and well-loved Park Rush Creek landscapes: State Park Bahia Wetlands

Angel Island State Park Bahia Wetlands Bolinas Lagoon/Kent Island Corte Madera Tidelands National Seashaore Drake’s Bay Beach Gold Hill Samuel P. Taylor State Park National Recreation Area Heerdt Marsh Gold Hill Mt. Tamalpais State Park Northridge Starkweather Olompali State Historic Park Shoreline Park Point Reyes National Seashaore Heerdt Marsh Bolinas Lagoon/Kent Island Northridge Ring Mountain Corte Madera Tidelands Stinson Beach Ring Mountain Rush Creek Park Samuel P. Taylor State Park Mt. Tamalpais Tiburon Audubon Center Starkweather Shoreline Park State Park Strawberry Stinson Beach State Park Point Strawberry Point Angel Island Golden Gate National State Park Tiburon Audubon Center Recreation Area Map by Ben Pease - www.peasepress.com - 387-1437 8